Yale women’s crew had a strong showing against archrival Radcliffe on Saturday on the Housatonic River in Derby, Conn. The No. 15 Bulldogs took four out of five matchups and captured the Case Cup by defeating No. 12 Radcliffe in the varsity eight race. “I thought we raced really well as a team,” head coach »

For the third consecutive week, No. 17 women’s crew tested itself against two nationally ranked teams. On Saturday, the Bulldogs took on No. 5 Princeton and No. 7 Souther California on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. Though the Elis fell in four out of five races, head coach Will Porter said he saw overall improvement »

On Saturday, No. 13 Yale women’s crew hosted No. 19 Dartmouth, Boston University and No. 16 Cornell for its first home races of the spring season on the Housatonic River in Derby, Conn. Though Yale’s varsity eight fell in both its races, the second varsity eight, second varsity four and third varsity eight boats each »

On Saturday, Yale women’s crew faced off against two other top 10 teams in the nation but struggled to keep up with the competition. The No. 9 Elis were edged by both No. 3 University of Michigan and No. 10 Ohio State on the Scioto River at Griggs Reservoir in Columbus, Ohio. The Buckeyes took »

The chance to play in the NBA is an opportunity few basketball players would pass up. But for Tal Brody, the opportunity to inspire a nation proved to be a greater calling. Though he was selected 12th overall in the 1965 NBA Draft, Brody turned down professional basketball in the United States to play in »

Yale women’s crew came out strong in its spring season-opener with a sweep of Columbia and Penn this weekend. The Bulldogs’ five boats all earned victories in the Connell Cup, a 2000-meter race on the Orchard Beach Lagoon in New York. The Elis also won the Cup last year. “The team performed well, and the »

After a long winter, women’s crew opens its competitive spring season this weekend against Ivy League rivals Columbia and Penn in New York. The Bulldogs, who will be competing for the first time since last October, are looking to repeat last season’s first-place finish and recapture the Connell Cup, which is awarded to the winner »

When Calvin Hill ’69 received a call from the Dallas Cowboys informing him that he had been selected as the team’s first-round pick in the 1969 NFL Draft, he thought it was a joke. Earlier that day, Hill had called his Yale teammate Bruce Weinstein ’69 pretending to be an official from the New York »

Many people travel to Las Vegas in hopes of hitting the jackpot. This week, the Yale men’s rugby team will also head to Las Vegas looking to win big ­— on the pitch. On Wednesday, 12 members of the team will travel west to compete in the Las Vegas Invitational, a national sevens tournament that »

The Elm City isn’t exactly a ski or snowboard enthusiast’s haven. With no easily accessible ski resorts near campus, it can be difficult for avid skiers and snowboarders to engage in these popular winter pastimes. But members of Yale’s Alpine and Nordic ski teams and snowboarding team still find time to hit the slopes, even »

On Tuesday afternoon in Brady Squash Center on the fourth floor of Payne Whitney Gymnasium, all 15 courts were filled with young squash players. Within the walls of each court, athletes could be seen alternating hitting a small rubber ball with their rackets against the front wall, which created resounding thuds that echoed throughout the »